House Ways and Means Committee to Mark Up Several Health-Related Bills
House Ways and Means Committee to Mark Up Several Health-Related Bills
House Committee to Consider CNA Lockout Bill. Included in the May 8 markup is legislation to address the two-year CNA lockout for nursing homes....
President Biden Vetoes Congressional Resolution of Disapproval of NLRB Joint Employer Rule
On May 3, President Biden vetoed a Congressional resolution that would have overturned a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) final rule, issued in October 2023, establishing a new and broader standard for determining whether...
CMS Update IDR and Enforcement Procedures for Home Health and Hospice
On May 3, the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at CMS issued a memo revising the State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 10 to update informal dispute resolution process and enforcement procedures for hospice...
New Proposed CAHPS Hospice Survey Available for Review
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing in the FY2025 Hospice Wage Index to implement a revised CAHPS Hospice Survey beginning with January 2025 decedents. A 2021 CAHPS Hospice Survey mode...
Home Health CY2025 Proposed Rule Goes to OMB
On April 26, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services submitted CY 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update and Home Infusion Therapy and Home IVIG Services Payment Update (CMS-1803) proposed rule to...
Weekly Recaps: May 8, 2024
Each week, LeadingAge experts curate timely, helpful resources on a variety of topics important to aging services providers.
Affordable Housing Weekly Update. Here is your weekly Affordable Housing Update.
Nursing Home Weekly Update. Here is your...
Accepting Applicants for the Workforce and Public Policy Advisory Committees
LeadingAge Kansas is accepting interested applicants who would like to sit on either the Workforce or Public Policy Advisory committees. Both committees meet virtually.
The Workforce committee will meet monthly and work on developing a...
KDHE Announces Selections for KanCare RFP
Two incumbents, United Healthcare and Sunflower Health Plan, will continue their work as Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) in Kansas. The newest organization selected by KDHE leadership was Healthy Blue, Blue Cross and Blue Shield...
Prospective Rate Posting Date for Nursing Facilities with Medicaid Add-on
Now that the legislative session is done, KDADS begins the work of reanalyzing cost reports and factoring in the approved $15.40 per Medicaid resident per day to the rate setting process for nursing facilities....
Clarification from National Life Safety Code Consultant on KSFM Informational Bulletin
We received several questions from members regarding the latest informational bulletin related to door locking arrangements from the Kansas Fire Marshal’s office. We followed up with National’s Life Safety Code Consultant and CMS Regional...
Kansas City Region Candidate Meet and Greet on Tuesday, June 25
LeadingAge Kansas, along with several other associations, will host a candidate meet and greet in the Kansas City region on June 25th. All regional House and Senate candidates are invited to attend. Providers from...
Elder Abuse Awareness Day Event on Friday, June 14
LeadingAge Kansas along with DCF, Aetna, KHCA, The Face of Kansas, and the Medicaid Inspector General’s Office are co-sponsoring an Elder Abuse Awareness Day event on Friday, June 14 in Topeka. It will be...